Chapter 85: A Difficult Choice

"Well... As I told you, you are not a human being anymore. You are merely wasting your time with the essence qi, and it will only slow down your natural cultivation path..."

"... All your future progress will depend on the Elemental Principles. So you should focus all your efforts on them and give up on the essence qi forever."

He should give up to the Essence qi?!

His whole life was based on that energy... his Martial arts, his alchemical and crafting knowledge... everything.

The old pig's words shocked him to the core.

Naturally, The Old Pig noticed the disoriented expression on Tian Yang's face and smiled: "Young man... don't tell that you are scared?"

"I'm not scared..." Tian Yang answered, shaking his head: "... but a bit worried... Old Pig, this energy is my only card in hand against my enemies. What will I do if I give up on it???"

"Is just that?? So you were worried only about this simple thing??" The Old Pig asked, perplexed.

"Why??... Should I be worried about something else??"

"Of course... The extraction process will be somewhat painful. I will have to forcibly remove what still makes you human. Tearing away ninety Heavenly Veins from your body won't be pleasant at all. You will suffer... An unimaginable pain... Probably not even I would be able to bear it..."

Tian Yang's body shook hearing those words.

He already experienced pain in his life, but a pain so terrifying to scare even an old monster like Old Pig...

Could he really survive this?

"I don't care if the process is painful. I just want to protect my family and make up for all the problems I've caused. Old Pig, if you're sure all of this will give me the necessary power... then let's do it." Tian Yang said after thinking about it.

"But there is one thing I don't understand. You have already specified that I am no longer a human being, so what do your words mean?"

"You will have more power than everyone else, but it will require time. Then regarding your current condition. Well ... it's a little complicated. As I told you earlier, your body will change over time, but the Heavenly Veins' presence is slowing down the evolution process. That's precisely why we need to remove those impedances now." The Supreme Pig affirmed with a severe expression.

Tian Yang looked at his body for a while and then sighed: "Okay... When do we start??"

"We can start right away. But there is a little problem. I don't know what all of this will do to the Heavenly World Pearl and your friends inside." The Supreme Pig replied, a bit worried.

Tian Yang slapped his forehead and shouted: "The Heavenly World Pearl... I almost forgot."

He didn't know exactly how long it had been since he'd heard them.

After all, the last few hours hadn't been all that easy and peaceful.

Many things had happened.

Some so shocking that it freaks out.

Before, he could quietly accept his plan, but now, when he saw that insecurity in the Old Pig's face, Tian Yang's steadfastness faltered.

"If you are not so sure... then, I can't. They are my family too. I can't let something bad happen to them. I can't even ask them for their opinion since the Heavenly World Pearl is still sealed..."

"Hey!... I'm here, so there should be no problems about that little matter. Let me see, that little treasure..."

The Supreme Pig approached Tian Yang's head with his nose, once again, and when the two made contact, part of the Old Pig's consciousness flowed inside.

There was no obstruction from Tian Yang, so the Old Pig easily reached the deepest part of his mind, where Tian Yang's soul was.

'Damn... this place is truly abnormal...' The Supreme Pig yelled, shocked by the absurd view.

'... Seriously, this is my first time seeing something like this. How could someone soul be like this..."

The Supreme Pig could already see a strange bright dot from a distance.

But as he approached it, not only the intensity but even the appearance grew exponentially.

Tian Yang's soul was truly beyond what the Old Pig had imagined.

Its form was so big and clear that he doubted if Tian Yang was truly a simple creature before.

The Old Pig kept staring at it, dazed for a while.

Luckily, at some point, hearing no more words from him, Tian Yang's voice echoed in the space, waking him up from that state.

'Supreme Pig, what are you doing??'

'Huh?!... nothing... nothing... it's just... how is that possible? How can your soul be so powerful? Such a thing is impossible for you humans. You are not yet a Creator of the Principle!!! How the hell is that possible??' The Supreme pig whispered, still shocked by the incredible view.

'I don't know... According to Old Tian, it's all thanks to the nine reincarnations.' Tian Yang explained.

'I'm really curious about that fellow... I just can't imagine how he did it. The laws of this universe are genuinely complicated and restrictive. Breaking them nine times... is simply impossible. That old man will have to explain to me how he did it!!'

'Well... good luck... Let's say that he is a somewhat eccentric character and, most of the time, grumpy. And he is inclined to keep everything secret. It may seem absurd, but he had already foreseen most of the problems that have arisen in the last few days.' Tian Yang laughed, thinking to that crazy old man.

He really missed the good old days when they roamed the two realms, discovering the wonders of the world.

'Mmm... I noticed that from your memories. He is indeed a peculiar character. Although what he had foreseen was not entirely the truth, after all, what he knew was simply limited to the history of part of our world. However, let's not waste any more time. Relax your defenses and let my consciousness enter. It'll hurt you a little, but don't worry.'

The Old Pig's consciousness approached Tian Yang's soul slowly.

It was a normal instinct for a soul to protect itself, so even if Tian Yang helped a bit, the old Pig still found a lot of resistance.

As the two kept nearing, the space around them began to shake...

BUZZ!!

BUZZ!!!

BUZZ!!!!

Tian Yang's soul, which was clam before, started to vibrate and flash...

The intensity of the noise kept increasing...

BUZZ!!!

BUZZ!!!

At some point, when the Old Pig had finally managed to reach the surface, the space around him turned into a multicolored mist.

'What the hell!! Your soul is truly out of the ordinary. His defenses are mind-blowing.'

BUZZ!!!

BUZZ!!!

While the defenses were extraordinary, the Old Pig was simply too powerful.

In a few breaths, his consciousness was able to enter entirely.

'HAHA... it was difficult, but I did it... Let's see what we have here...'

The Heavenly World Pearl was right in the middle of his soul.

When the Old Pig entered, he noticed it immediately because it was floating around a perfect copy of Tian Yang.

Naturally, that thing wasn't the real Tian Yang but only something created by his soul.

As he observed the pearl, the Old Pig discovered something unusual.

Something was twisting around the pearl.

Something that even he found a bit strange.

As he kept nearing the pearl, those things became more evident.

They emitted a mysterious power of intense purple-red color and strange miasma.

It took him some time, but finally, after looking at those strange inscriptions, everything became clear to him.

The Heavenly World Pearl had been sealed in an extremely incredible way.

But what surprised him the most was that he couldn't identify that strange energy as something that belongs to his world.

And this was practically impossible.

He was old ... very old.

Millions and millions of years had passed since his birth, and he could easily boast of having seen billions of things in the universe.

He had even come into contact with other Creatures of the Principle, like himself.

'Impossible ...' The Supreme Pig whispered, shocked by what unfolded in front of him.

'Old pig... What did you find?'

He was still inside Tian Yang's soul, so he clearly heard him.

'Well... I have good news and bad news... which one do you want to hear first?' The Old Pig asked, embarrassed, instead of answering the question.

'Stop playing... Speak!!'

'Hey!... Hey!... Calm down... The bad news is I can't free your treasure...'

'What the hell ... You bragged so much before ... and now you tell me you can't do anything?' Tian Yang yelled, angered by his words.

'Hey!... Hey!... calm down... calm down... I'm sorry... But don't worry, I know who can do it. Well, actually, you know her too.' The Supreme Pig reassured him.

'WHO??'

'Hehe... My Older Sister naturally... who else...'

'Damn... Her again…' Tian Yang cursed a few times and then inquired, perplex: 'So she is even more powerful than you, or is there some other reason why I need to ask her for help?'

'Oh!!!... she is definitely more powerful than me. But what it takes to free your friends is not more power but different power. Because the Heavenly World Pearl was sealed with another Principle! Something that belongs to another world!'